The function of the Drosophila caspase DRONC in cell death and development

Cell Cycle

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 744-746

  Mills, Kathryn ^a   Daish, Tasman ^a   Kumar, Sharad ^a  

^a HANSON INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspases; DIAP1; DRICE; Programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CASPASE; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DRONC PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; ETOPOSIDE; MUTANT PROTEIN; SECOND MITOCHONDRIAL ACTIVATOR OF CASPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; BLOOD CELL; CELL DEATH; CYTOTOXICITY; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GENE MUTATION; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; SPERMATID; STEM CELL;

EID: 25144488086     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.4.6.1740     Document Type: Short Survey

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